[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - May 18, 2011

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 10:27:13 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201105191727.p4JHRD7B008610_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
May 18, 2011

o Possible Mars Landing Site: Layers on East Mound of Terby Crater
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_021797_1520

  This area could be a possible science target for future landed
  missions, so the power of HiRISE can analyze these layers at the
  highest resolution possible.

o Of Swirls and Gullies
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_021899_1095

  Perhaps the most striking aspect of this observation are the
  beautiful swirls of tracks left by dust devils.

o Detecting Olivine Near Noachis Terra
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_021971_1505

  The crater in this image is unique because it has been very well
  characterized as being olivine rich, a very common mineral on Earth.

o Banded Terrain in Hellas Planitia
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_022312_1400

  The origin of this unique terrain exhibiting complex flow patterns
  is still under debate.

All of the HiRISE images are archived here:

http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/

Information about the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is
online at http://www.nasa.gov/mro. The mission is
managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division
of the California Institute of Technology, for the NASA
Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. Lockheed
Martin Space Systems, of Denver, is the prime contractor
and built the spacecraft. HiRISE is operated by the
University of Arizona. Ball Aerospace and Technologies
Corp., of Boulder, Colo., built the HiRISE instrument.
Received on Thu 19 May 2011 01:27:13 PM PDT